Front lower windlace

[black57]

Hi all,

Am I correct in understanding the the front windlace runs down the A pillar all the way to the floor?
What am I not understanding about fitment?
It seems the channel it goes into is only a few mm deep.
Am I supposed to double up the flat section of the windlace, or trim it back? or neither?
I cant imagine I am supposed to flatten this area with a mallet to pinch the windlace, it seems way to solid for that.
I've got it all susd around the roof lining, its just the A pillars that have me stumped.

Pinky.

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

If it is the section I am thinking about, by the dash and kick panel, I just wedged the windlace tail all in there.

[ardiesse]

Factory-made FE-FC windlace is an unequal figure 8 in cross-section, as if the material was looped over a cord and then stitched together in the "waist" of the 8.  When I re-did my FC's interior, I rolled the flat section of the windlace over onto itself and hand-stitched it.

When came time to install it, I got a thin piece of hardwood of the right thickness, forced it into the slot at the top where the A-pillar meets the dash, then tapped it all the way down to expand the gap.  Then I could run the windlace in, with lots of talcum powder to help it on its way.

Not a job I'm looking forward to repeating on "Found Object", I must say.

Rob